David Sanders not only wants a judge to overturn his death penalty conviction, but to declare a law unconstitutional. The ...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued an order of execution for Marion Bowman Jr., who has been on death row since 2002 ...

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern over reports of more than 170 individuals being transferred to Angenga ...

As a state prosecutor and district attorney, I became keenly aware that the death penalty does not serve victims or our ...

A US army veteran who rammed a rented truck into New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people, acted alone, the FBI said on Thursday.

Rejon Taylor, one of the men on federal death row, has told Newsweek he is "overjoyed and grateful" after his death sentence ...

The death penalty is at the end of its rope ... On the ground, our communities have already largely severed our ties to this ineffective policy. We should instead focus our resources and energy ...

I have seen the death penalty’s deep flaws firsthand ... because I believe that executing human beings is cruel and an ineffective, costly and error-prone way of combating crime.

They argue that such punishments are both ineffective as a deterrent and ... to draw attention to Iran’s escalating use of the death penalty and pressure authorities to halt executions.

“Reinstating the death penalty will serve as a strong deterrent ... flood control fund allocated by Malacañang, calling it ineffective and tainted by corruption. He pointed to the devastation ...